It seems you can have your art and eat it too. Sharp-edged chocolate bonbons glisten under warm lights. Miniature chocolate sculptures of Ramaphosa, Malema and Maimane stand to attention on the café countertop. Dark chocolate slabs wrapped in prints of original artworks line the walls.
The two joined forces and for two years they ran Honest Chocolate part-time. By the time they launched the artisan chocolate company full-time in 2014, they had raised almost R70,000 through crowd-funding. They still roast, grind and temper their beans by hand and have opened the only café in Cape Town dedicated to all things dark chocolate.
Honest has worked with more than 14 artists over the years, the first of whom were friends of theirs.We can’t afford to pay for an original artwork as a buyer would normally do, so we tell the artist what we can offer and ask if they’re interested, and they’ve all said yes. We’ve been very lucky,” says Gird.
The slab wrapper designed by Mike Sherman is one of the latest to feature in Honest’s Artists Range. Image Christi NortierThe chocolate takes inspiration from umami and Japanese flavours and I wanted to incorporate that into my design somehow. A Sea Dragon seemed to be a good fit for those salty taste profiles and the man in the longboat fearlessly holding up the lantern brought in the ‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark’ slogan that Honest lives by,” explains Sherman.
The slab wrapper designed by Kirsten Simms is also new on in the range and packages a 70% dark chocolate slab with pineapple and buchu. Image: Christi Nortier
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